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Clark, William Joseph. "Naturalism, Revitalization an the Fiction of Frank Norris," University of Minnesota, January 1991. Advisor: David W. Noble (2, 12, 11)
This dissertation examines the Naturalism of Frank Norris as the representative artistic expression of the cultural crisis of the 1890’s in the United States. the Revitalization Movements model (first proposed by anthropologist Anthony F.C. Wallace) allows us to chart a clear progression in Norris’ seven novels from his loss of confidence in America in Vandover and the Brute and McTeague to a sense of renewed possibility after the turn of the century in the novels of the What trilogy. Thesis chapters present the model and the historical context of the novels, discuss themes of power, industrialization, gender, the agricultural West, and Progressive reform.
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